Poland

Discover the most renowned Polish celebrities, from actors and musicians to politicians and athletes. Explore the captivating lives and achievements of these iconic individuals who have shaped Polish history and culture.

6th President of Poland

President of Poland since August 6, 2015

Elector of Saxony (under the name of Friedrich Augustus I) from 1694, King of Poland in 1697-1706, 1709-33. Participant in the Northern War of 1700-21 on the side of Russia.

Vladislav IV Vaza

King of Poland (pr. 1632 - 1648)

Jan III Sobieski

King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1674, military leader

Polish prince (992–1025) and king (1025), son of Mieszko I

Polish king (from 1575) and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1576-1586)

Grand Duke of Lithuania and Polish King

Wladyslaw Opolczyk

Prince of Opole in 1356-1401.

Alexandr Kwasnewsky

Legendary Polish prince, founder of Krakow

The first historically reliable Polish prince

Prince of Poland

Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz

Mayor of Warsaw

Princess of Milan, Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania in 1518-1556

Tomasz Siemoniak

Minister of National Defence of Poland

Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz

Minister of Defence of Poland from 13 December 2023

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Head of Poland (1981-1990), general

King of Poland, son of Vladislav Loketok and Jadwiga Boleslavovna

Polish prince (1079-1102), representative of the Piast dynasty.

Jan II Kazimierz

The last Polish king of the Vasa dynasty

King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506, from the Jagiellonian dynasty, took (1525) the feal oath of the Prussian Duke Albrecht of Hohenzollern. In 1526 he included Mazovia into Poland.

Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz

Mayor of Warsaw

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